In March we wrote a preliminary list of the people Microsoft will propose as alternate board of directors in the event their acquisition efforts go hostile.
See our recent interview with Citi analyst Mark Mahaney who discusses the probable outcomes to Microsoft’s effort.
Microsoft is proposing ten new board members, plus two alternates (here’s the current board members they would replace).
The original list (we now believe Tom Freston was incorrect and has been removed):
- John Chapple – Former CEO, Nextel Communications
- Edward H. Meyer – Former CEO, Grey Global Group
- Jaynie Studenmund – Former CEO, eHarmony
We’re now adding the following individuals to that list based on new sources of information:
- Kenneth Goldman – Board of Directors, Infinera Corporation; former CFO and SVP for Siebel Systems
- Richard Kashnow – Director, Ariba; former CEO of Raychem
- James Mooney – Director and Chairman at Virgin Media, also a director of Sirius Satellite Radio
- Ross Levinsohn – Former President of Fox Interactive Media; partner of Velocity Interactive Group
- Vanessa Whittman – Former CFO, Adelphia Communications
Richard Kashnow – Director, Ariba, Incorporated
Awaiting for the updated bio-info.
Oh my. They’re qualified. What’re the shareholders going to do?
Sorry for the off topic post but is the comments database having some trouble. Maybe user error but I wasn’t seeing the form until just now.
yeah… they’re so eminently qualified to understand Web 2.0/3.0 and search/paid search… is this a joke?
If you think that these guys are one day really going to put the heat on Google – go read here.
eHarmony… LOL… maybe they can send Google a personality questionnaire…
Yahoo as a puppet company will be a joke. Investors should sell now.
Thanks to Yahoo for putting YUI on sourceforge before it was too late.
If anybody from Yahoo is reading, mess everything up before you leave.
You have no more responsibility to investors in this type of situation. Investors should know to sell at this point.
Wow, I had almost hit the seesmic button there, wheh…..
That was close.
Building a monopoly is not illegal. Just maintaining it. Apple & Google, join forces. This could be an open web nightmare forming. Microsoft, user centric does not refer strictly to the CIO’s of Fortune 500 companies. You are dealing with USERS now. Please hire a CUO Chief User Officer. He needs to have power to veto even the board and CEO combined.
Sorry, meant to say he/she needs to have the power to veto.
next acquisition for MS will be fox entertainment (myspace) next generation of social networking is around the corner, and most of you have missed the boat. Stop standing in the way of the future Yahoo, you can’t do this on your own
this board is only has to be in place to vote for a merger and then they’re out.
These new “Yahoo board” is full of fossils and old farts.
IMO Microsoft is up to no good if they think they will lead THE takeover of the 21st century with them.
Typical Silicon Valley appointments. White honkeys. Honk Honk.
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